Classroom Messages

6th Grade Upcoming Events:
09/06....First Day of School
09/08....All School Open House 6:30 pm-8:00pm
09/30....6th Grade Team Building at Riverview Camp
10/14....LID (non student day)
10/19-10/21....Parent-Teacher Conferences (1/2 day on 10/19; non-student days on 10/20 and 10/21)
11/11....Veteran's Day (no school)
11/24-11/27....Thanksgiving Break
12/22-01/02....Christmas Break
01/16....Martin Luther King Day (no school)
02/20....President's Day (no school)
03/17....Snow make up day
04/01 - 04/09....Spring Break
05/29....Memorial Day (no school)
06/1 to 06/2 6th Grade Camp at Lutherhaven
06/05 - 06/08....Human Growth and Development
06/14....Last day of school (12:45 dismissal)








Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Assigned in class today:

Students started their first draft of ytheir introduction.

Consider introduction strategies you have learned and pick one that would be a ‘good fit’ for your paper

Tomorrow you will turn in you first draft in your best attempt (quality). You will need to rewrite if it is in rough draft condition.

Remember, you must state your position in your introduction paragraph using ‘for’ or ‘against.’

Here are the 3 introduction strategies that you can choose from:

Scenario/Anecdote: The writer provides hypothetical or personal examples to illustrate the topic.

Inquiry/Questioning: The writer asks thought-provoking, maybe even edgy, questions to capture the reader’s interest.

Preparatory Definition/Explanation: The writer defines or explains the subject before discussing it in detail.